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Show WTjS GIANT POWDER EXPLODES, I jjvS FAMILY ESCAPES DEATH II i ill Special to The Tribune. f, ' ) SPRING VILLE. March 24. Mr. and B .jWy. Mrs. John Bcardall and several members s Jn), of their family had a miraculous escape ztr I .(Iff from death by explosion at -1 o'clock yes- ta I J; terday afternoon. f) m Mrs. Beardall put a box filled with dirt a In the oven of her cook stove to heat it U' If) un before planting some garden seed3 In 1 I L It. The box had contained giant powder n J i at one time, and tho wood had become m f I saturated with it. The heat caused It to f exjplodo with such force as to blow the A Y . Bt'cve Into atoms, scattering tho pieces m i " all over the room and smashing the furnl- g tj turc. All tho dishes In a cupboard except 'LrhJ'" thrco were broken. jflfh 'K ' At the time of the explosion thero wcro Wmm Foven persons In the room. Tho baby sus- ttjh J talncd a slight scratch on the faco and JKc Mr. Beardall was struck on the leg by tho jBT j Hying debris. |